Desert Winds is a 2.5 GB library with more than 2000 individual samples. In Desert Winds you will find up to 6 different real legato types per instrument, deep sampling, amazing playability.
For each of the wind instruments you will find a microtuning folder with 16 patches featuring the most important arabic/turkish microtuning tables.

Additionally the library offers 21 beautiful and inspiring bonus soundscapes to create cinematic and evolving desert ambiences. Every soundscape offers 2 to 6 different individual layers which can create indefinite new ambiences by mixing them at will.

Sample Magic announces the release of The Secrets of House Music Production: iPad Edition
After selling 10,000+ copies of the The Secrets of House Music Production book, Sample Magic is delighted to announce the release of the all-new iPad Edition.

The expanded iPad edition features all of the original content PLUS 340+ audio examples, 60+ interactive walkthroughs, 38 realtime beat-
building grids, 3 full pro-track arrangements, a complete effects directory and much more.

With Binaural 01 I The Balloon you get 152 unique and weird balloon sound effects. 179 MB full of inflating, deflating, squealing effects and many more...

Equipment used:
- Zoom H1
- DIY binaural microphones with WM-61a capsules
- A bag of balloons

24 Bit 96 kHz / 152 files / 179 MB unpacked.

Antares Audio Technologies has announced the availability of Auto-Tune Phone, the first (and only) iPhone app that lets users use the genuine Auto-Tune Vocal Effect live on real-time phone calls.

Developed by NewHula Inc. and incorporating Antares' world-standard pitch detection and correction technology, Auto-Tune Phone uses VoIP rather than the cellular network, allowing it to work on iPad and iPod Touch as well as the iPhone.

Camel Audio has announced the release of Alchemy Mobile
v1.1, an update to their free iOS app that turns your
iPhone/iPad into a powerful synthesizer. The Pro Upgrade has
also been updated with loads of new features, and for a
limited time you can pick it up at a 25% discount - just
$14.99/€11.99/£10.49.
Three new mobile Sound Libraries have
been released as well - Dubstep, Guitar Mutations and
Dance & Trance - which are available as in-App purchases for
just $4.99/€3.99/£2.99.

Azalera is an unconventional drum library designed for MASCHINE and Battery 3 owners. The sounds are recorded with some different types of microphones like contact microphones through an Ampeg amplifier or a stethoscope that feed an electret microphone.
After recording, each sample was post produced and in the end tuned in MASCHINE 1.7 and Battery 3. You'll find some nice unconventional percussion, metal, glass, drill, crackle, blip & blop and zap sounds. This library contain:
- 10 Drum Kits for MASCHINE 1.7 and Battery 3 • over 450 samples 24bit/44.1Khz. You can also use the samples in your favourite drum maschine.